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Sponsored by: Schoolhouse Brewery Roxy & the Underground Soul Sound, an 8 piece soul-funk band from Halifax, Nova Scotia, take the classic soul sounds of the 60’s and 70’s and put their own spin on the recipe of groove. The band lays down beats that are sure to set the dance floor on fire, making…

Sarah Pound is a singer-songwriter, performer and music therapist. She’s been singing for as long as she can remember. Her main instruments are the guitar, piano and trumpet, but she is most passionate about singing.

Sponsored by: Canopy Creative The new album from young African-Canadian roots phenom, Kaia Kater, couldn’t come at a better time. As a new generation takes the reins, American roots music is needed more than ever to remind us of the troubled pathways of our own history. Born of African-Caribbean descent in Québec, Kaia Kater grew…

Maritime Marionettes, founded by partners and puppeteers Heather and Darryll Taylor, has been entertaining families in Canada and abroad since 1986. The Taylors bring traditional and original stories to life with exquisitely made and skillfully manipulated wooden marionettes. The company creates its productions from concept to finished product, including fashioning the marionettes and creating sets,…

Sponsored by: Acadia Sports Therapy Clinic “…a folk singer with the heart of a rock ‘n’ roll band.” — K. Oliver, Free Times Jonathan Byrd is a preacher’s son, a Gulf War veteran, and an award-winning songwriter from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, known for literary, outsider songs that have become campfire favorites. The Chicago Tribune…

Sponsored by: Discount Car and Truck Rental In a world where hyphenated genres are becoming the norm, all kinds of monikers are available for a contemporary folk band – post-folk, trad-core, alt-roots … file under World, or file under Celtic? Aerialists fits best with the beautifully contradictory term prog-trad, melding their ferociously creative harmonic sensibilities…